Weather-strip for sashes.



No. r199,991. MTENTBD SEPT. 99,1993.A

` J. E. SCOTT.

WEATHER STRIP FOR SASHES. WAmwmonxon rmzn JUL! 1s. 1903.'

` UNITED STATES IPatented September 29,) v1803.

'PATENT OFFICE;

wEATx-itze-simuD FOR sAsHEs.

Pncrsxcsfrrolv forming ps1-fof letters ferent No. 739,931', dated September Q9. 19C3- Application led July 15,1903. Serial No. 186,611. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in 'Weather-Stripsvfor Sashes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in windows, and has for its objectto provide a novel weatherlstrip for attachment to tho windowsash and adapted to afford s. spring or yieldingcontact between the sash and. the window-frame and to effectively exclude air and dust when the window,

is closed and to prevent rattling of the sash in any position thereof. To this end the invention resides in the novel construction of a spring-metal weatherstrip and in the combination and arrangement of the same in connection with the sash and window frame, all as hereinafter described-and as illustrated in the drawings accompanying this speclcation. i

That which I claim as my invention will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention may find its embodiment in different shapes or forms of weather-strip and is not to be confined to any particular shape except in so far as indicated in the claims.

- I have illustrated the invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows in perspective a section of the preferred form of weather-strip. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view illustrating the application of two of such strips at one side of the window-sash. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a section of a modified form of strip. Fig. 4 is a plan view illustrating the application of two of the strips constructed according to Fig. 3 to one sideof the window-sash. Fi".

5 illustrates in perspective a further modifi-- cation in the construction of the strip, and Figu is a sectional plan view showing the application of the strip of Fig. 5 to one side of a window-sash.

Referring new to the drawings, 1 indicates aportion of the window-frame having the parting-bead 2 and the windowbead 3, affording a sash-groove -le in the usual manner.

5 indicates a window-sash, on each side of which at the front and rear two of my irnproved weather-strips are designed to be scoured. As shown by Fig. 1, the preferred vconstruction of weatherstrip 6 comprisesa. strip or plate of metal bent upon itself longtndinally to provide a body portion Tand a. spring member S, the body porltion 7 being iurtherbent up at right angles to itself and at its| inner edge to provide a flange 9. The body portion 'iis provided with a series of apertures 10, whereby the strip-may be se cured t the sides of the sa'sh by means of screws-113. These screws are inserted by par.v

--tally bending back the spring member 8, or

the strip may first be applied to .the sash and f secured thereto by the screws 11 and then the part of the strip forming the spring memberv A 8 bent over.

As shown by Fie; 2, when applied to the sash in the manner described the rounded or bent edge of the strip will' lie flush with. the

outer edge of 'the sash, the spring member 8i of each strip will bear against the adjacent parting-bead 2 and window-bead 3respectively, and the flange 9 will bear against the ou ter faces of these parte. The yielding contact of the spring momie-*s 8 with the side walls of the groove 4 per; .ts the ready raising or lowering of the wndow-sash, while at Y the saine time constantly engaging said walls to prevent the entrance of dust and air and also to prevent rattling ofthe sash. The flanges 9 limit the sidewise movement-of the sash in either direction and alsoiassist in preventing the entrance of air and dnstand in providinga secure or yielding fit of the 'sash in the frame.

In the modified construction shown in Fig. '3 the body portion 7 is provided at its inner c dge portion with a Iiange 12, bentat right angles to itself, but in an opposite direction to the flange 9 of Fig. 1, and the spring mem# ber 13 is also bent over on the opposite side of the body portion 7 from that shown by Fig. 1. The body portion 'Z is provided with holes 10,'whereby-the strip may be secured to the sash by screws 11 in the same mnner as described with reference to Fig.. 2,-as shown by Fig. i. When the strip illustrated in Fig. 3 is employed, the rounded or sent edge 14 is 'disposed so as telic flush with the beads i. and 3, and the flanges 12 extend toward each other at a slight distance beyond the outer edge of the sash 5, the flanges in 2 y. r 'rse-,esi

' side'wise Amovement of the lwindow, while the .spring members 13- bear against the side 5 walls ofthe groove in the same manner and for the same purpose as described with reference to Fig. 2.

In the modified construction shown by Fig. 5 the strip is provided with the body zo portion hind-springv member 15.' In thiscase the lange 16 extends outward from the spring member instead oli-from the body portion 7. -In the application of the strip to the sash, as shown by.Fig.'6, the parts have about'the 15 sam'e relative arrangement as shown by the device in Fig. l, except, as stated, the flange 16 extends outward from the spring member 1 5, said fiange, it will be seen, bearing against Y the outer edges'o'f the beads 2 and in the 2o same manner as the flanges 9 of Figs. 1 and 2. My improved weather-strip ineitherof the forms shown is designed not only.for the purposes stated above, but is also adapted toA compensate for any shrinking or swelling of 2 5 the woodwork of the window, the spring members of the wcathersstrip being adapted to expand or to be compressed accordingly as the wood swells or shrinks. I also contcmplate making the weatherstrips of such 3o strenglirthat the spring,lr members 8,13, or 15 will operate to hold the sash in any position to which' it may be raised or lowered, and thus enable the use of weights and ropes to be dispensed with. The metal which I pre- 35 fer to employ in the construction of my weather-stri ps is spring-brass; butothe'reharacter of sheet metal suitable for the purpose may be used.

'Having thus fully described my invention, 4o what I claim as new is- 1. A weather-strip having two members,

Aone of which is a spring member, and a flange extending at right angles to the other memr across the on ter edge of said spring mem-v r. 2. A weather-stri p for windowsshes, comprisingaplate of metal bent upon itself to afford two members, one of which is a spring member', the other member being provided with a series of apertures and having a ange so extending at right anglesto itself across the edge of saidspring member.

3. In combination with a window-frame having sash-grooves, a sash slidably mounted in said grooves and provided on both sides- 55 at opposite edges" withweather-strips, each of which has a spring member bearing outward against the side walls, and a. flange bearing against a portionD of the window. frame.

4. In combination with a window-frame provided with sash-grooves, a sash slidably mounted in sid grooves, and weather-strips secured to said sash at botli sides at opposite edges, each of which comprises aA bod f por- 63 tion secured to the sash, an outwardly-directed spring -member bearing against the side wall of the groove, and a flange extending at right-angles to the body portion across the edge of said spring member and adapted 7o to bear against the adjacent bead forming one wall of said groove.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. A

JAMES E. soo'r'r.V

Witnesses:

M.: G. SULLIVAN, NEWTON G. ROGERS. 

